PASSION

We must be careful that we do not compartmentalize our passion. We can't become passionate about one-thing-and-only-one-thing and ignore the rest of the life God has called us to.

We can be in church whenever the doors are open. We can be diligent about prayer and Bible study. We can have read all the latest Christian best-sellers and hear nothing but Christian entertainment coming from our TVs, radios, CDs and internet.

All that is fine - but Christ-followers are called to be passionate about ALL of life. God didn't specially create 'certain church people' to live separately from others - or to live one life in church and another life outside of the church building.

God doesn't set His eyes only on the church either. His eyes roam to and fro across the nations, gazing at every single last one of us - looking for servants. He desires deeply to have community with you. If you ultimately follow your passion, it will lead you into the church building and lead you into community with believers - but then it will lead you into the world in which God has placed you. It might even lead you to Thailand - or Peru - or some other awesome and crazy place like that.

And be blessed.